The National Letter of Intent early signing period started today, Wed. Nov. 8th. Only one Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball team announced signings. (The NLI period ends next Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006

A ton of kids right now are going to try and use the month of July to try and land more scholarship offers and lure more schools to the table. Devin Searcy, a 6-foot-9 rising senior at Romulus High (Mich.), didn't want to play that game. Not after taking an unofficial visit on Wednesday.

The 2005 class in the state of Michigan is down relative to past years, but that
is all about to change. We've already ranked the 2006 prospects. Here we give
you fifteen names to be on the lookout for in the 2007 class. The current sophomore
crop is deep at point guard and on the wing.

This wiry post player from the class of 2007 is extremely high on the Wolverines. GBW correspondent <b>Andre Barthwell</b> spoke to the young man recently and discussed why he holds the maize and blue in such high favor.